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of Hawkins's guilt, he had shown himself an honourable
man and no pirate, and it is to his undying honour that
when the Spaniards took possession of the derelict 'Jesus'
they found there all the hostages. By every law of arms
it was his right to have butchered them, but not a hair of
their heads had been touched: they had nothing but
praises of their gentle treatment. 1

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had confused the San Juan de Ulua affair with Menendez's exploit against
some defenceless English merchantmen at the Azores some years previously
(see Froude, History of England, viii. 20). Biggs, of course, is an authority
of no weight upon the point. It should also be noted that the English fleet
was not under fire from Vera Cruz, as Mr. Froude seems to picture it; for
the town was not then in its present position opposite the island of San Juan
de Ulua, but, as has been explained (ante, p. 106), some fifteen miles to the
northward.
1 There seems some doubt whether Hawkins had succeeded in transfer-
ring his treasure to the 'Minion' before the 'Jesus' was abandoned. The
Relacion says nothing of value was found on board, except some fifty
slaves, some bales of cloth, and the Admiral's silver cabin service.

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Publication Information: Book Title: Drake and the Tudor Navy: With a History of the Rise of England as a Maritime Power. Volume: 1. Contributors: Julian S. Corbett - author. Publisher: Longmans, Green. Place of Publication: London. Publication Year: 1898. Page Number: 117.
    
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